Poison-indicator.



UNITED STATES PATENT. oPPIoE.

p PHILIP H. JONES, or Lurcnnn, LOUISIANA, AssIeNoR or ONE-HALF To f y nonNnY P- woonsfor Lurcunn, LOUISIANA.

POISON-INDICATOR.

To all whom, it may concern/:

" indicator.

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residingv at Lutcher, parish of St. James, State of Louisiana, have -invented certain new Aand useful Improvements in Poison-Indicators; and I do ereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art t`o which it appertains to make and use the same. l n This invention relates to improvements in devicesffor indicating the contents of bottles, and is vespecially designed for use as a poison- To more fully disclose the invention, referllf'encej is had to the accompanying drawings,

illustrating a practical ern odiment of same, the particular features of novelty being suc-l cinctl pointed outin'the claims. l

Re erring to the drawings, In which likenumerals indicate the same parts in both views, Figure' 1 is a fragmentary view in longitudinal section through a bottle and cork stopper, showing the signaling device in elevation; and Fig. 2 is aplan view of the vdevice applied to a bottle.

In t e drawings thedevice is illustratedas comprising a horizontal plate or member 1., adapted to' be afiixed above the cork, anda vertical-plate or member 2, carried by said horizontal plate and adaptedto contain an indicatingelabel. The late 1 is of a size sufficient to lextend peripherally beyond..the'

neck of the bottle and is preferablycircular' and provided with a lurality of peri heral teeth or points. .T e plate 1 may e 'affixed above lthe cork in yany suitable way--for the cork? being placedtherein the aflixingp Specification of Letters Patent.

, Application led Marc'lrl, 1906- Serial No. 303,721.

Patented June 19, 1906.

in 4 is forced down into the cork, so that the orizontal or protecting plate 1 is detachably superposed thereon, thev peri heral teeth 3' xtepding laterally beyond t eneck of the ott e.

The label indicating the contents Aof the bottle may be pasted or stam ed 4on either or both fiat faces of the label-p ate 2.

When the device is aflixed to a bottle, it will be obvious that the cork may not be eX- tracted until after the indicating means has been detached therefrom, suitable warning being given by the sharpened projections or teeth 3 or by the shar ened iin er 5,'which latter` is'particularly e ective w en groping fora bottlein the dark. i f

It will-be observed that with the above device it is 'practically impossible for; a person to unintentionally consume the contents of the bottle-without first having his attention directed to the fact that the bottle contains dangerous ingredients and that the label should be inspected before using.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is-e f 1. An indicator for usein connection with a stoppered receptacle, comprising a peripherally-toothed circular protecting-plate and means'for detachably lsecuring same above said stopper, and a label-plate superposed'on said protecting-plate, substantially as described. f

2. A n indicator for use in connectionwith al stoppered receptacle, comprising a circular protecting-plate provided with peripheral teeth adapted to project laterally ofthe receptacle, and an afliXing-pin carried by said 'plate adapted' to be inserted in thestopper of said receptacle, and an integ,` Il label-platev superposed on said protecting-plate and provided with a sharpened finger, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I PHILIP PI. JoNEs.

' Witnesses:

J. W. STEINWINDER, R. P. BUNCH. 

